In another location, we scrabbled over a rocky trail to get to a small waterfall. There were big boulders lying about. One had a hollowed-out bowl in which captured water held the reflections of sky and rock.

Rocky Mountain National Park via Estes Park, Colorado. May 2016.

We passed a field of elk.

Elk. Rocky Mountain National Park via Estes Park, Colorado. May 2016.

Elk. Rocky Mountain National Park via Estes Park, Colorado. May 2016.

We stopped at a magnificent look-out. We crawled about rock faces and protruding tree roots.